Chuck Feeney - DFS

An elusive billionaire gives away his good fortune

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March 9, 2008 4:58 pm

   One by one, speakers rose to toast the elderly gent with baggy pants and a shy, gaptoothed smile. “Of course, he didn’t wear a tie tonight,” teased one. Another ... Read more »

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Billionaire Feeney summons Brisbane brains for powwow

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February 25, 2008 1:57 pm

A GROUP of Queensland’s sharpest minds has been summoned to the US next month for an audience with billionaire Irish American philanthropist Chuck Feeney, the man who has bankrolled much ... Read more »

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The great giveaway

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January 26, 2008 8:49 pm

Chuck Feeney is not your average billionaire. He doesn’t own a house or a car and, until recently, he always flew economy class. The soft-spoken businessman, who was once ranked ... Read more »

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Chuck Feeney in rare 1hour radio interview

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January 19, 2008 8:44 pm

Chuck talks about his life in this rare interview.  Eamon’s guest this week is the Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney. In 1984 the billionaire decided to set up a foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, to direct funds anonymously to worthy causes, and devote the remainder of his life to giving away his money. listen to Podcast published by RTE here: http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0119/conversationswitheamondunphy.html

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Interview with Chuck Feeney

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October 2, 2007 8:19 pm

In 1988, Forbes called billionaire Chuck Feeney the 23rd richest American. But the magazine got it wrong. Feeney had been enormously wealthy, but by then he’d started giving away his ... Read more »

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Chuck Feeney : “I’m glad my friends are here.”

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September 27, 2007 2:08 pm

And he loves his friends the way he loves his family. “He never forgot us, no matter how successful he was, no matter how unsuccessful some of us might be,” ... Read more »

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Out of Sight, Till Now, and Giving Away Billions

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September 26, 2007 3:34 pm

  Rumpled by habit, limping on old knees, smiling faintly after a night of celebration, Chuck Feeney stepped out of a building on Park Avenue Monday night and vanished, carried ... Read more »

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Measuring billionaire’s true worth: ” Use your wealth to help people”

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September 19, 2007 8:10 pm

   He wears a $15 watch, flies economy class and does not own a house or car. For years, few guessed Chuck Feeney was one of the world’s biggest philanthropists, ... Read more »

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The Billionaire who almost wasn’t

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September 8, 2007 6:48 am

there is a new book out called  The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune By Conor O’Clery Public Affairs $26.95, 352 ... Read more »

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